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Show E ‘ empte from Taxes; -and Live Indepens ¢ dent of :Authority. = They- arc called ‘ the :Sacrifices, and take care of Funerdls " They.are look'd o as the Favouris ¢ of the Gods, and thought skilful: inithe ‘Doétrins of another Life: .And upe ‘ thefe accounts are: largely confider'd in , Prefents, and Acknowledgement: «Th Priefte[les of Argos were fo Confiderablg that Zzme. is dated -from them,: and: they ftand for .a. Reign in: Chronology. «The Brave Romans are commended by Bolybiu for .their Devotion to the .Gods; Indeed they "gave great Proof of their beingi earnelt; For when their Chief Magiftrates their Confuls- themfelves; met any 3o the Heftals, they held down their Fuf Sen, i Contrew and ftoop'd their Sword and Mace to Re ligion. 1 ( s The Priefthood was for fome time cok fin'd to' the "Patriczan, Order, thariis,i the Upper Nobility.! - And afterwards th Emperours . were genérally '« High-Rrief The Romans: in. diftref§ themielves deavour'd to make Friends with (Coralasi who they had banifh'd' before. A k r v { o h i r f e rhis purpofe t le mn Embafays. - Now -the . Regulationo the Ceremony,;and the Remarks: of t B Dion. Ha- Hiftorjan,. plainly-difcover- that: the 43C 1| I Yy inied -no thougl - of the Prieflswer "T‘c- I'. |